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Annual Report 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 475 Riverside Drive | Suite 900 | New York, NY 1o115 www.drfund.org 1 “It is my sincere hope that the David Rockefeller Fund will become an effective vehicle to further the philanthropic goals of my family…Our family continues to be united in the belief that those who have benefited the most from our nation’s economic system have a special responsibility to give back to our society in meaningful ways.” David Rockefeller June 12, 1915 – March 20, 2017 2 HISTORY The David Rockefeller Fund was established in 1989 by David Rockefeller and his wife, Peggy, to carry out their annual charitable giving in communities where they had homes outside New York City. In 2001, David Rockefeller expanded the Fund and invited his children, grandchildren, and their spouses to take a more active role in the Fund, with the idea of transferring to them the family’s philanthropic legacy. In 2019, it was governed by a board of directors with 12 family members and three independent directors. GUIDING PRINCIPLES In all of its work, the Fund seeks to address the root causes of problems, working locally, nationally, and now globally and guided by the following principles: FAMILY LEGACY RESPECT We seek to honor the philanthropic We respect our grantees as equal partners traditions and values exemplified by David in the work we do. Our general approach and Peggy Rockefeller, recognizing the is to identify people and institutions doing responsibility that we have to be active and important work and then to support them in engaged participants in our communities, as ways they will find most meaningful, without well as in the larger world. imposing undue burdens on them. RISK TAKING FLEXIBILITY We will not shy away from difficult social We recognize that one of our particular issues; indeed we believe that our greatest strengths as a “next generation” family impact often results from taking on exactly foundation is the ability to act quickly and those problems that more traditional funders be responsive to the real-time needs of our tend to avoid. grantees. LEVERAGE SELF-EXAMINATION As a small foundation committed to tackling Since we are committed both to taking risks big issues, we value collaboration and work to and to achieving the greatest possible impact, identify those opportunities where our family’s we understand the importance of assessing our tradition of philanthropy will help bring activities on a regular basis in the hope that our attention to difficult problems. We are committed funding can make a demonstrable difference, to doing the greatest possible good with the both for the issues we care about and the resources we have, including the knowledge and nonprofit organizations we support. networks of staff, fellows, and trustees. 3 VISION The David Rockefeller Fund is a family foundation inspired by the vision and generosity of our founders, David and Peggy Rockefeller, to foster and embody a more just, creative, and flourishing world. MISSION We invest in catalytic ideas, people, efforts, and institutions working strategically toward ecological regeneration, justice system reform, and art for social impact. 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS & TEAM DIRECTORS OFFICERS The David Rockefeller Fund’s Board Camilla Rockefeller, Chair membership rotates every year. Leah D’Angelo, Treasurer Lexi Fisher, Secretary Rosemary Corbett Lukas Haynes, Executive Director Peggy Dulany Nili Gilbert Daniel Growald TEAM Eileen Growald Stephen Heintz Lukas Haynes, Executive Director Miranda Kaiser Lexi Fisher, Program Manager Gara LaMarche Stephanie Burgos, Program Assistant Rebecca Lambert Kayode Oseni, Spring Fellow Michael Quattrone Aisha Radellant, Fall Fellow Camilla Rockefeller Clay Rockefeller David Rockefeller Jr. Susan Rockefeller Manya Rubinstein 4 FOREWARD The year 2019 was one of special significance as it marked the 30th anniversary of the David Rockefeller Fund and a year which found us implementing new grantmaking strategies in all of our program areas and initiatives. To mark the anniversary milestone and document some of the lessons learned from the formative stages of the foundation’s evolution, the staff commissioned a series of trustee and grant partner interviews. A link to video and narrative resources, entitled Leading With Love and Gratitude, can be found here. For the first time, the foundation provided “primary purpose” charitable support to 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations in the arts and criminal justice programs and it continued to make grants to such organizations in the environment program. For example, Americans for the Arts Action Fund was given grant support to enhance the arts sector at the federal, state, and local levels, ensuring that public policies support a thriving and innovative arts sector as part of more vibrant, livable, and sustainable communities throughout the United States. In the foundation’s criminal justice program, Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, a program fiscally sponsored by Tides Advocacy, is dedicated to educating citizens about the disenfranchisement and discrimination against people with criminal convictions. In the environmental arena, Jolt Action, a Texas-based social welfare organization, is educating the Latinx community as its members tackle racial, economic, gender and climate change-related injustices in communities of color. Likewise, the DR Fund continued to provide support to Protect Our Winters Action Fund, a social welfare organization based in Colorado and dedicated to uniting the outdoor community of 50 million recreational and sports enthusiasts for nonpartisan solutions to the climate crisis. Finally, thanks to a special trustee-led effort to invest $5 million over 5 years in multi-purpose solutions to climate change, the Richard Rockefeller Climate Change Initiatives were supporting the efforts of Mighty Earth, a 501(c)(3) working across multiple continents, and a coalition of Texas-based non-profits organizing local communities to protect land, water and atmospheric resources from the toxic and greenhouse gas pollution of the fossil fuel industry. These initiatives and grants are but a few examples of how the David Rockefeller Fund tries to provide flexible support for bold ideas, individuals and institutions working strategically toward ecological regeneration, justice system transformation and art for social impact. We welcome your feedback as we constantly re-examine our work on some of the most difficult issues of our time. Sincerely, Lukas Haynes, Executive Director 5 GRANTMAKING PROGRAMS In 2019, the David Rockefeller Fund had three long-standing, core program areas: Arts, Criminal Justice, and Environment. The Arts Program focuses on cultivating, showcasing and disseminating the stories of innovative art for social change; Criminal Justice supports bold new ideas and policy initiatives for transforming U.S. detention and incarceration policies; and Environment supports new ideas, initiatives and policy breakthroughs in support of bipartisan U.S. climate leadership. In addition to the program areas outlined above, the Fund underwrote a number of initiatives designed to encourage family members’ individual philanthropic involvement and interests. Grants listed in this report reflect grants awarded in 2019 even if some payments may have been made in other years. W. Haywood Burns Institute Right: Hip Hop Caucus Left: Florida Rights Restoration Coalition 6 ARTS EMPHASIS Cultivating, showcasing and disseminating innovative stories of art for social change. GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS National The Arts funding strategy is to help cultivate, showcase, “Art is important because it and disseminate the most compelling examples and expands how we look at and stories of innovative art for social change. In doing so, the understand the world. It can Fund aims to have a positive impact on a range of social make us think beyond our own problems while influencing the broader field of arts and experience, and often, in our culture philanthropy to try and draw greater attention appreciation, we find things that link us in a common humanity.” and resources to “arts for social impact” from both private funding sources as well as public funds. - David Rockefeller Awarded Americans for the Arts Action Fund Washington, DC $38,000 Americans for the Arts Action Fund is a 501(c)4 social-welfare organization working to mobilize one million citizen activists to enhance the arts sector at the federal, state, and local levels. This is the largest arts advocacy network in the country ensuring that public policies support a thriving arts sector as part of more vibrant, livable, and sustainable communities throughout the United States. Amplifier Seattle, WA $15,000 Amplifier is a design lab that creates and disseminates art to amplify the voices of grassroots social movements. This grant elevated the profile and expanded the reach of an animated video depicting a youth’s response to the climate crisis. Brave New Films Culver City, CA $25,000 Brave New Films uses documentary film to give young people a voice in some of the most pressing issues of our time, including mass incarceration, climate change, and gun violence. This grant supported a film series about youth organizing across the country and offered a guide for community advocacy and direct action. 7 ARTS (continued) Awarded Cultural Shed New York, NY $50,000 The Shed is New York’s newest major cultural institution and commissions original works of art across all disciplines. This grant supported DIS OBEY, a writing and performing arts program that harnesses the momentum of 21st century protest movements to foster civic engagement by young people of color. Fountain House New York, NY $50,000 over 2 years Fountain House empowers people with mental health challenges to create art and achieve commercial success. This grant supports the replication of the “studio” model, which provides free space and resources to artists across New York City and associated residences around the world. Climate Chores, a project of Fractured Atlas New York, NY $25,000 Climate Chores is a comedy podcast that aims to raise awareness about climate change and related sustainability practices in an entertaining and actionable way.
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